However her groom, the feckless twin of the Duke of Essex gets cold feet at the last moment.

And originally, she believes she’s marrying a gentleman of relatively good means, someone who will take care of her and make it so that she doesn’t have to move back in with her father after the new reverend arrives to take over the parish. She’s the widow of a village reverend and has a young daughter. This one is a little different in that the heroine is not of a ‘good’ family – she’s of an entirely different class, hasn’t even ever met a Duke. The men are all very aristocratic Dukes and Earls and the women are often of good breeding but impoverished and needing to make an advantageous match. I’m not exactly sure why it is – but there’s something soothing about the descriptions of dresses and balls. They’re what I look for on my kindle when I can’t decide what I want to read and I’m always looking for new ones so that I have a nice collection there. Lately, historical romance novels have been my comfort reads.

But the undeniably attractive Duke unsettles her well-guarded heart–making her want to do so much more than “act” the role of blissful bride. Reluctantly, Hannah agrees to play the wife until he can sort out the mess. Played for a fool, she’s embarrassed, furious, and worse, married to an equally outraged, exasperating man who unleashes all manner of emotions in her–not to mention unwanted desire. She’s a vicar’s widow with a mind of her own, and the first person in Marcus’s well-ordered life to make him pletely out of control.ĭire straits have led Hannah to the altar with a gentleman she hardly knows. A thank you would suffice instead, his resentful sibling forges his name to a marriage license and presents him with an unwanted wife. Marcus Reese, Duke of Essex, has spent most of his life pulling his twin brother out of trouble. Two strangers are swept into a sizzling, spellbinding world of daring deception and unexpected passion. What A Gentleman Wants (Reece Family Trilogy #1)Ĭopy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalleyīlurb :

All the Duke I Need by Caroline Linden